Thursday, January 24, 2013

Soldiers and police in America take an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. But knowing who is a domestic enemy of the Constitution can be confusing to a young grunt. So a West Point think tank decided to broadly define what a domestic enemy may look like to ensure soldiers follow orders when the time comes.

In a study recently published by the West Point Combating Terrorism Center entitled, “Challengers From The Sidelines: Understanding America’s Violent Far-Right,” Arie Perliger, the author of the study, attempts to present a picture of an America infested with dangerous “Right Wing” domestic terrorists lurking in the shadows and waiting to launch an attack on government establishments, agents, and minorities.

In the study, what Perliger defines as the “Far-Right” is actually a mixture of race hate groups with ordinary militias, anti-abortion activists, Libertarians/Anarchists, and “conspiracy theorists.” Perliger suggets that this “Far-Right” contingent is glued together by an identification with an “anti-federalist” ideology as well as a belief in a “New World Order.” According to Perliger, these groups are concerned with the “corrupted and tyrannical nature of the federal government and its apparent tendency to violate individuals’ civilian liberties and constitutional rights.”

Perliger, who is the director of terrorism studies at the West Point Combating Terrorism Center writes in the Introduction to the study that its purpose is to provide “a conceptual foundation for understanding different far-right groups and then presents the empirical analysis of violent incidents to identify those perpetrating attacks and their associated trends.”

Ruppert continues by stating, “If those aren’t violations of individuals’ civil liberties and constitutional rights, I don’t know what is.”

Yet, while Perliger defines three different branches of the “far-right” – racist/white supremacy movement, anti-federalist movement, and fundamentalist movement – the author lumps the three different branches into one, all while conveniently ignoring pertinent facts that might not back up his claims.

Perliger’s paper notably lacks mention of the fact that a great many “racist/white supremacy” organizations are themselves either partially or even entirely staffed by law enforcement agents of government intelligence. Likewise, Perliger entirely conflates race-based movements (also likely infiltrated and controlled by government agencies) with what he labels the “Christian Fundamentalist” movement. This, as Madison Ruppert points out, is described with a complete lack of understanding (intentional or otherwise) as to what “fundamentalism” actually is.

Yet, the “anti-federalist” movement (itself a variety of movements mixed together to provide an easier category for Perliger and his readers), is the most interesting when evaluating the West Point paper. According to Perliger, this “movement” is centered around a belief in a “New World Order,” and the recognition of the “corrupted and tyrannical nature of the federal government and its apparent tendency to violate individuals’ civilian liberties and constitutional rights.”

In this regard, Perliger writes,

The anti-federalist rationale is multifaceted, and includes the beliefs that the American political system and its proxies were hijacked by external forces interested in promoting a “New World Order” (NWO) in which the United States will be absorbed into the United Nations or another version of global government. They also espouse strong convictions regarding the federal government, believing it to be corrupt and tyrannical, with a natural tendency to intrude on individuals’ civil and constitutional rights. Finally, they support civil activism, individual freedoms, and self government. Extremists in the anti-federalist movement direct most their violence against the federal government and its proxies in law enforcement.

In further summarizing the “anti-federalist” viewpoint, Perliger writes,

The anti-federalist movement’s ideology is based on the idea that there is an urgent need to undermine the influence, legitimacy and practical sovereignty of the federal government and its proxy organizations. The groups comprising the movement suggest several rationales that seek to legitimize anti-federal sentiments. Some groups are driven by a strong conviction that the American political system and its proxies were hijacked by external forces interested in promoting a “New World Order,” (NWO) in which the United States will be embedded in the UN or another version of global government. The NWO will be advanced, they believe, via steady transition of powers from local to federal law-enforcement agencies, i.e., the transformation of local police and law-enforcement agencies into a federally controlled “National Police” agency that will in turn merge with a “Multi-National Peace Keeping Force.” The latter deployment on US soil will be justified via a domestic campaign implemented by interested parties that will emphasize American society’s deficiencies and US government incompetency. This will convince the American people that restoring stability and order inevitably demands the use of international forces. The last stage, according to most NWO narratives, involves the transformation of the United States government into an international/world government and the execution and oppression of those opposing this process.

Indeed, anyone even faintly aware of historical and current events would be hard-pressed to argue with the so-called “anti-federalists” in their analysis.

Regardless, in light of the recent push for citizen disarmament, the paper tellingly states,

Linda Thompson, the head of the Unorganized Militia of the United States details the consequence of this global coup: ”This is the coming of the New World Order. A one-world government, where, in order to put the new government in place, we must all be disarmed first. To do that, the government is deliberately creating schisms in our society, funding both the anti-abortion/pro-choice sides, the antigun/pro-gun issues…trying to provoke a riot that will allow martial law to be implemented and all weapons seized, while ‘dissidents’ are put safely away”. The fear of the materialization of the NWO makes most militias not merely hostile towards the federal government but also hostile towards international organizations, whether non-profitable NGOs, international corporations, or political institutions of the international community, such as the UN.

Perliger, of course, does not attempt to challenge any of Thompson's claims as they are presented in this short quotation nor does he attempt to debunk any of the claims made by the “anti-federalist” communities that he so concisely repeats in the statement above. While, admittedly, it is not a stated goal of the author’s study to defend his position and debunk those of his subjects, one would also be justified in concluding that Perliger does not attempt to defend his case simply because disproving the claims made by the “anti-federalist” activists as he presents them would impossible for him to do in a convincing manner.

Yet the purpose of the paper is not to provide legitimate information about these groups as much as it is to terrify the reader – West Point and other military trainees – into believing that anyone who rightly supposes that their government is overstepping its bounds, violating their rights, or moving forward in otherwise unconstitutional directions is a conspiracy-obsessed, right-wing, racist fanatic who is intent on killing military, police, and minorities.

Unfortunately for the author, however, a careful reading of his own argument causes it to fall apart at the seams.

After postulating numerous reasons for the alleged violence of “far-right” groups ranging from political, socio-economic, geographical, and operational possibilities, Perliger attempts to turn to the actual numbers.

At first, Perliger’s presentation of thousands of violent attacks per year (using 2010 statistics) is quite shocking since such attacks are not known to the general public and the mainstream media has not seized upon them at every available opportunity as one would expect. The actual level of violence in its own right, whether reported or not, would be concerning to say the very least.

These numbers would be an even more concerning situation if they demonstrated that such attacks were on the rise.

Unfortunately for the government argument, however, this is not the case as even Perliger has to admit when he says, “Hence, in periods during which many streams of terrorism have shown improvement in their operational capabilities and, as a result, an increase in their tendency to engage in mass casualty attacks, the violent American far right shows stagnation, at least in terms of its ability to enhance the harm it generates.”

For instance, while the term “right-wing violent attack” might conjure images of lynchings, executions, or mass terror attacks, the statistics, even those presented by Perliger, tend to show a different reality. Indeed, the type of “attack” referenced in Perliger’s study is entirely unclear in terms of just what would constitute a “right-wing violent attack.”

Indeed, when examining Perliger’s statistics, one can easily see that well over half of the “attacks” being described are actually proxy “attacks” (loosely defined term) against property, “foiled attacks” (which are wildly undefined, especially since the overwhelming majority of any foiled terrorist attack in the United States has been directed by the FBI), “heavy damage to property,” and “cross burnings.”

Likewise, with so many acts of property damage and racial symbols being later determined to have been directed by the “victims” themselves, one must also call these numbers into question since they are left unclear in the study.

Yet, even among the 42% of “attacks” described as involving “specific human targets,” the incidents are not necessarily connected with any political, racial, or religious origin. As with any attempt at methods of divide and conquer, there is the very real possibility that any violent attack leveled against any individual of minority status or non-right-wing political ideology is thus considered to be a “specific human target” attack. Under such loosely defined rules of categorization, since the incidence of “specific human targets” were overwhelmingly one on one or (at most) two on one altercations, a simple shoving match between two individuals in which one could be remotely considered right wing, racist, or religious could then be delineated as a violent right-wing attack.

Since Perliger easily allows his own political bias to appear during the course of the paper and, since much of his political theory is based upon Israeli political scientist Ehud Sprinzak’s Iceberg model of the structure of political movements, it is apparent that Perliger’s own methodology is likely devised in a manner that would allow even the most distant and unrelated events seem directly related to the core of political ideology Perliger has set in his sites.

Such a concern is only compounded by the fact that one of Perliger’s main sources for his paper is the Southern Poverty Law Center, a notorious race-baiting organization that routinely accuses anyone who disagrees with the company line in regards to government policy as racist and potentially violent and dangerous. Not far behind, of course, is the citation of the Anti-Defamation League, an organization of similar race-based incredibility.

In the end, Perliger’s report is nothing more than just another cog in the wheel of a military-industrial complex on overdrive in its attempt to brainwash new military recruits into believing that a terrorist lurks behind every bush. More importantly, these new recruits are being trained that such terrorists are no longer shadowy Muslims hiding in caves in Afghanistan, but good ol’ boys, gun owners, and average American citizens that will eventually have to be dealt with.

Brandon Turbeville is an author out of Florence, South Carolina. He has a Bachelor's Degree from Francis Marion University and is the author of three books, Codex Alimentarius -- The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies, and Five Sense Solutions and Dispatches From a Dissident. Turbeville has published over 190 articles dealing on a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties. Brandon Turbeville's podcast Truth on The Tracks can be found every Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV. He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com.

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This is a GREAT article&very FRIGHTENING-or it SHOULD be to the Average low info. VOTER-unfortunately they will never hear the PROPHET screaming WARNINGs about the FUTURE POLICE-MILITARY STATE,because they are TEXTING,WORKING&listening 2 the Government Military COMPLEX PROPAGANDIST on @ABC @CBS @NBC @FOX @CNN @MSM &the NewYorkTimes,WashingtonPost&all the other propagandists-telling them 'the Crazy God Loving,Gun Toting Fanatics' are on EVERY COUNTRY ROAD----THEY are CORRECT RED STATES&the COUNTRY SIDE from sea2shining SEA, are PROUD AMERICANS-YES they own guns-1 for EVERY MEMBER of the FAMILY&SOMETIMEs 2 or 3 a person-Yes they LOVE GOD-Yes they have PROUDLY SERVED our NATION or their CHILDREN have& they DON'T want the 20% of the population,the bueracrats STEALING 60% Of their pay checks,but they are doing it.-----hmmmmmmWell now it makes sense why they want our GUNS----THAT just isn't RIGHT

This article suggests our POTUS has officially delared war against the very people who elected him and those who did not. Be advised, this will result in mass losses for both civilians and Troops. We are NOT Waco anymore.

When will the Israeli control of our nation end? Israel is one of the most tyrannical countries in the world. Has anyone checked out Arie Perliger's background and sympathies? And people like Perliger get paid by our military to brainwash them how to defend America against the taxpayers that pay their salaries. Brilliant and ingenious! Hitler couldn't have dreamed up a better scheme.

It doesn't matter, who ever is at your home telling you to give them what ever it is you possess can catch bullets. Doesn't matter at this point who they tell what. People should know better than to go to another mans house and make the rules for him.

Bravo, Brandon. Well written. I find Perlinger's work to be conspicuously absent any mention of left-wing radicals, oh, like Obama's buddy, terrorist Bill Ayers, who many believe was the ghost writer behind Barry's "Dreams From My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope". Or any mention of the New Black Panthers who intimidated voters in Pennsylvania during the 2008 election with wooden clubs outside the polling booths. I don't think these folks are "right-wing".

Most disturbing of all is that Perlinger's work would pass the scrutiny of the Board of Director's at West Point Military Academy, since cadets are required to adhere to the Cadet Honor Code, which states that "a cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do." It appears their policy is at odds with Perlinger's "research" which, being unsupported by the truth, amounts to a lie.

I guess it all boils down to who the Commander In Chief is. If he is a liar, I suppose one must learn to tolerate lies by those at the lower echelons.

It the people defending the constitution from the politicians who wish to destroy it. Parents should remind their children who the bad guys are here and it's NOT them...it's the corporate entities directing our military who are to blame. Mamma's don't let your babies grow up to be soldiers....

It comes down to anyone opposing the official government line, being classified as an enemy of the people.

Dissent = Terrorism

This is the opposite of what the Republic was founded upon. The government, by adopting the reverse position and opposing dissent, has assumed the role of dictator and the people live to obey the government but have no say in the motivation and control of the government. This is a very foul form of slavery. It opens the door to permitting any action by the state.

Heh! Enough to know that West Point is where the spawn of the Elite are sent, to be trained to rule and control the "peasants."

If you complete this course, including "the Art of War and "The Prince"- on how to trick, confuse and lie to the "peasants"- you will automatically be made an officer in the Army, to give orders, abuse, insult and stump on the "grunts."

Government has always been the enemy of the people and no agency of government more so than that of its standing military.That is not my BS it comes from mankinds history and was warned about by all the founders except George Washington and his military and war proffiteers.Even The midnight rider Paul Revere wanted military to increase as his copper and other works got contract to equip at profits far greater than bells, pots pans and silverware.Washingtons own privateers made him profits not so much fighting but by smuggling.The cost of which he tried to stick the Congress with when he handed them his bill for services rendered.TRuth mudt be told he did recind the bills, but not out of goodness of heart but because Congress was broke and borrowing moneyfrom Euro banks and kings queens and pretty Frenchmen.What does the saying realy mean when men of military say that; "We owe them our Freedoms?Since the first euro set foot on the americas the military has been used to steal from and then protect their governments from any reprisals those they stole from might try and make.The Revolutionary war barely over and we invade Canada to steal its lands and Florida as well.Since its launching to expand the military has only protected our right to steal others land.The only lands not stolen. Outright and with still gov complicity wereCalifornia, Texas the Oregon territories although we threatened war 44/40 or fight. Alaska we bought. HAWIAI our military and religios folk stole and as to the Louisiana Purchase we did not actually buy the but the sole Right to negotiate trade and teaty with its inhabitants.That did't work so our military stomped on them and gave us freedom to steal their lands.WITH our borders constructed and nomore open lands to steal we stole more from Spain.Then began the militarys true mision and that was to make rich men richer and their Commander inChiefs and members of both houses wealthy as well.In the meantime the people could not stand to see just politicos and industrialist being only ones allowed to steal from public treasury began to make a list of new demans to put some of that worlds stolen wealth into their hands.And we been wheeling and dealinng, lieing and crying, begging and borrowing for somone to protect us from bigger and better thieves than we the people are.Now the politicos and financials are not dummys amd neither is their military arm, who will act as the collectors not jst of military arm but of this whole damned "Animal Farm.".

Arie Perliger is the Director of Terrorism Studies at the Combating Terrorism Center and Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Sciences, US Military Academy at West Point. After completing his PhD in Political Science at the University of Haifa Israel (2007), where he was also a fellow at the National Security Studies Center (NSSC), Dr. Perliger became affiliated with the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as a Golda Meir Post-Doctoral Fellow (2007-2008). On August 2008 Dr. Perliger joined the Department of Political Science at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he was a Schusterman Visiting Assistant Professor until the summer of 2010.

Hmm, unless it's just dodgy I see I was correct about AP censoring my last post(s).

Pointing out that it was Poland and Britain that provoked Nazi Germany into action and thus the main point of the Nuremberg show trials to prove "the unprovoked aggression" of Germany against Poland was a total lie meant to make the Nazi's scapegoats and completely pervert the true causes of the war is not acceptable here?

Just like with the Nuremberg trials where the Nazi's were made into scapegoats for all troubles and thousands of Allied war-crimes were either pinned on them(like Katin) or ignored so to the modern activist movement will become the new "evil Nazi's".

This article here already shows it, when the dust settles if they are victorious we will go down in their perverted history as racist, evil, deranged lunatics, right-wing nuts, etc. and all blame for all crimes they themselves have committed will be placed on us.

Just as everything wrong with the world today gets tied to "evil Nazi's" the activist movement will face the same scapegoating in the future(and already now).

Learn true history before it's too late to avoid repeating it, if it's not too late already.

Oh, and on the issue of Britain and Poland provoking Germany - which I got into in greater detail in the seemingly censored posts - I recommend looking into some background:

1. 1922 Encyclopaedia Britannica, "SILESIA, UPPER" -

"under Polish pressure the Germans in the southern and eastern districts were subjected to oppressive treatment. On Aug. 19 1920 the Poles felt strong enough, indeed, to make an attempt to seize the country by force. On all sides bands of Poles, chiefly recruited from Congress Poland, usurped authority. A number of Germans were forcibly carried across the frontier into Poland, and many were killed. Several weeks elapsed before it was possible to quell this rising and restore order…It had been suggested by the Entente that non-resident Upper Silesians of the German Reich should vote outside Silesia, at Cologne. Germany protested against this, and her protest was recognized as valid by the Entente. In January 1921 the date of the plebiscite was fixed for March 20 1921.

An immediate revival took place in the use of terrorism by the Poles, especially in the districts of Rybnik, Pless, Kattowitz, and Beuthen.

It reached its climax in the days preceding the plebiscite. Voters from other parts of the German Reich were frequently refused admission to the polls; sometimes they were maltreated and even in some instances murdered; and houses where outvoters were staying were set on fire… The day after the plebiscite the Polish excesses recommenced, and from that date onwards continued without interruption… Practically all the towns voted for Germany… the first days of May witnessed a new Polish insurrection which assumed far greater proportions than the former one. Korfanty had secretly raised a well-organized Polish force which was provided with arms and munition from across the border, and was reinforced by large bodies of men from Poland…By June 20 the British troops had again occupied the larger towns, while the Poles had the upper hand in the rural districts. As a result of the difficulties in paying his men and providing them with food Korfanty now lost control over his followers. Independent bands were formed which plundered the villages, ill-treated the Germans, and murdered many of them."

Polish and British provocation continued throughout the 1930's until Germany finally acted militarily.

The idea that the Poles were "innocent victims" of "unprovoked" Nazi aggression is utterly false and downright laughable, but the victors can write history any way they want it to be.

That's probably why questioning the official storyline in Poland today will get you a prison sentence - lies always need the backing of the law to prevent truth from destroying them.

As an added note in support of my previous post I fall back on the words of U.S Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson who was the Chief Prosecutor for the United States at the Nuremberg Trials - which he also helped draft the charter of(London Charter of the International Military Tribunal).

"The Germans will certainly accuse our three European allies to have pursued a policy that has enforced the war. I say this because the seized documents from the German Foreign Office, which I have seen, all come to the same conclusion: "We have no escape, we must fight, we are surrounded, we are strangled."

How would a judge react if this is found in the trial? I think he would say: "Before I condemn anyone as the aggressor, he ought to describe his motives."

"...if this trial leads to a discussion of the political and economic causes of the war, this may cause infinite damage, both in Europe I do not know well, and in America that I know fairly well."

Now why would discussing the causes of the war lead to "infinite damage" to the U.S and Europe?

Show trials are all the rage but they are worthless propaganda.

Eventually the activist movement will face it's own "Nuremberg" where we/they will be blamed for all wrongs, and the legitimate root causes of the activism will be ignored as we all are labeled "evil terrorists", to go down in history alongside the "evil Nazi's".

University of Haifa, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Golda Meir Post Doctoral Fellow, what is this guy doing giving instructions at West Point on USA domestic terrorists? Who does he serve? where does his allegiance lie? If this guy is represetative of the faculty at West Point then I better not say anything more. My internet communications are scanned & NDAA can kidnap, I mean detain , me and hold me incommunicado without charges indefinately or until I die from torture. And even after death they can deny ever having had anything to do with m...........

It's in German with English subtitles, and is well worth the watch to the end.

This brave woman explains quite well how absurd it is that a lawyer can be imprisoned for representing their client's legal position in a court of law, in a way that is REQUIRED by the laws(all statements issued to the court must be presented as "statements of fact", i.e - not "maybe they did this..." but "they did do this...").

A lawyer is required by law to defend their client to the best of their abilities, yet Ms. Stolz was sent to prison for doing so, many other lawyers have faced steep fines for doing so.

Meanwhile, the enemy tells us corporations are people (?), cold blooded opportunism is "freedom," the Federal Reserve is legitimate, war is good for "business," and medical care for all is "socialism." At that rate, they'll try to tell us that being colonized by aliens is a good deal?

While mere protest, dissent, and demonstration of such are now classified as "low level terrorism" depriving us of due process under the NDAA, there is another word that has seen a big change in meaning: anger is deemed violence now. Merely raising your voice in anger can be dealt with as violence. Ask a counselor. It is getting to the point where anything less than immediate, unquestioning obedience and agreement with all state actors, policies and practices are deemed illegal. Telling the truth in this time of universal deceit is a revolutionary act!

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On the Author's Acknowledgements page, The author of the report refers to a Limor Yungman. Quoting author Arie Perliger, "My immense gratitude also to my research assistant, Limor Yungman, whose help with building the Far-Right attacks dataset was critical to this project.". Limor Yungman, specializes in Arabic and Islamic studies. Refer to :http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/..."NRW Scholarship Program for students from Israel 2009: final report Home institution: University of Haifa, Middle Eastern Studies Hosting institution: University of Muenster, Institute for Islamic and Arabic Studies, Prof. Dr. Thomas Bauer"In her prior research (ie cuisine) she has used Islamic libraries to gather her resources, considering them excellent resources for information. The kind of books they stock, are like Protocols of The Elder of Zion, and Mein Kamf, not to mention a slew of anti-American titles. About her prior research at the Islamic library she says "For the mind of the humanities researcher, there's nothing more valuable than a well-equipped and well-resourced library, in order to stimulate and support in one's research. And the Institut für Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft in WWU has one of the best. I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to work there, because of its great resources."Islamic libraries don't stock ANYTHING does not downplay western values and uphold Islamic ones.This Limor "Yungman" is yet another Muslim wolf in sheeps clothing. Muslims are taught when they come in contact with other cultures, (it should always be with the goal of taking control the other culture), they should always act and dress like it to gain trust, respect and friendship. In doing so, they always (never fails) end up working towards the goals of Islam using their newfound "friendship" with that host culture as a means to that end.It is all part of the Islamic goal toward world domination.This author Arie Perliger, has no title w.r.t. West Point in the book. HOW is it that he gets to publish this title? His prior works include: "Jewish Terrorism in Israel - , Arie Perliger" - ebook http://www.tradebit.com/filede...This is very very disturbing news to see that West Point is also undergoing the ideological purge that the rest of the military has been and continues to be put through .Obama's "litmus test" should take care of all those loyal to the Constitution and leave only the lackeys who will do what OBAMA says....obeying HIS orders rather than to obey their original oath to uphold the Constitution.It is the Islamic viewpoint that wherever they are, they will not be made to comply with any "manmade" law (ie the Constitution). They have made it very clear that the only laws they will follow are Sharia Law, aka Islamic Law. This explains the reason for the ideological purge - since Obama is the Commander in Chief of the US Military, that he would be advised by Islamists to conduct himself accordingly in his governance.Report is at http://www.ctc.usma.edu/wp-con...This is all VERY DANGEROUS PROPOGANDA THAT SEEKS TO USE WEST POINT AS IT'S MOUTHPIECE AND POINT OF REFERENCE.. FOR THIS YOU CAN THANK OBAMA'S IDEOLOGICAL PURGE OF THE MILITARY VERY VERY VERY DANGEROUS.

This is good news. Good to see the military preparing for all types of terrorist threats. Have we all forgotten that the most deadly terrorist attack in the US prior to 9/11 was the Oklahoma City Bombing by Timothy McVeigh who fits the profile Perliger writes about. "Mcveigh, a militia movement sympathizer, sought revenge against the federal government for their handling of the Waco Siege, which ended in the deaths of 76 people exactly two years prior to the bombing, as well as for the Ruby Ridge incident in 1992. McVeigh hoped to inspire a revolt against what he considered to be a tyrannical federal government. He killed 168 people including many children and wounded 800." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh

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